A vasectomy is a surgical procedure used as a form of permanent birth control for men. The vas deferens are the tubes that transport the sperm from the testes, where sperm is made, to the penis during ejaculation. By cutting or transecting the vas deferens, the male is eventually rendered sterile.
For many men, the decision to have a vasectomy is one they are absolutely sure of when they have the procedure. However, life circumstances may change, and men may want the opportunity to father one or more children with their current partner.
Microsurgical vasectomy reversal is a delicate and complex operation performed to re-establish the pathway of sperm into the ejaculate permitting a man to re-establish his fertility to enable the couples to conceive a baby naturally. This microsurgery is done to reverse the effects of a vasectomy, which cuts the vas deferens. Sperm are made in the testes and then travel through the vas deferens into the ejaculate. A vasectomy creates a blockage in this tube, and a vasectomy reversal is a procedure to bypass this blockage.
Approximately 500,000 men have vasectomies each year and approximately five percent of them will change their minds at a later date. More and more couples are seeking reversals for a variety of reasons: men who become reinvolved and want to father a child with a new partner; men who remarry and want to have a child with their new wife; couples who lose a child; or couples who thought they had finished having children and have a change of heart.
The Vasectomy Reversal Center of America is the Mid-Atlantic's premier vasectomy reversal specialty practice. Our three fellowship-trained microsurgeons are part of an elite group of only two percent of board-certified urologists with fellowship training in reproductive medicine and microsurgery. The Vasectomy Reversal Center of America is a division of Chesapeake Urology, one of the nation's largest and most respected urology groups.
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